Carriers are limited and when ''money is to tight to mention' become less viable.
FF - I'm interested in how you would prefer the restructuring of HM's Armed Forces to go?
If not a carrier based strike capability then what? We could abandon the idea and form a Dutch style Navy I suppose, and accept the limitations that would bring. On the bright side we would be able to channel the money saved into the NHS or something worthwhile.
Presumably you're not suggesting we use the money for tons of helo's we couldn't protect, or a bunch more land-based FJ's we might not be able to deploy?
What's your less "limited" solution?
On the same but different subject, why are we talking about the GR7's legs here? It's the JSF's legs we should be interested in.